VICE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY:

OVERVIEW:

White House
The Miller Center (UVA)
American National Biography
American Presidents: (C-SPAN)
Truman (PBS)
History Channel
Obituary (New York Times)

THE FIRST LADY:

National First Ladies’ Library
The White House
White House Historical Association
First Ladies (C-SPAN)

RESOURCES:

Truman Library
Online Documents (Truman Library)
Daily Calendar (Truman Library)
Public Papers (Truman Library)
Public Papers (American Presidency Project)
Public Papers (National Archives)
Acheson’s Memoranda of Conversations
Oral Histories (Truman Library)
Presidential Recordings (Miller Center)
National Archives

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

1948 ELECTION:

DEMOCRATS:
HARRY S. TRUMAN (PRES)
ALBEN W. BARKLEY (VP)
Electoral Vote: 303 (57.1%)
Popular Vote: 24,105,810 (49.5%)

REPUBLICANS:
THOMAS E.  DEWEY (PRES)
EARL WARREN (VP)
Electoral Vote: 189 (35.6%)
Popular Vote: 21,970,064 (45.1%)

STATES RIGHTS DEMOCRAT (DIXIECRATS):
STROM THURMOND (PRES)
FIELDING WRIGHT (VP)
Electoral Vote: 39 (7.3%)
Popular Vote:  1,169,114 (2.4%)

INAUGURATIONS:

1945 Swearing In (Video)
1945 Address to Congress (Transcript, Audio)
1949 Address (Transcript, Video, Washington Post)
Library of Congress (1945, 1949)
Joint Congressional Committee (1945, 1949)

SUPREME COURT NOMINEES:

Sherman Minton (1949)
Tom Clark (1949)
Fred Vinson (1946)
Harold Burton (1945)

THE TRUMAN ADMINISTRATION:

Press Secretary:
Roger Tubby (1952–1953 )
Joseph Short (1950–1952)
Stephen T. Early (1950)
Charlie Ross (1945–1950)
Jonathan W. Daniels (1945 )

SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE:
Claude R. Wickard (1945)
Clinton P. Anderson (1945–1948)
Charles F. Brannan (1948–1953)

BUDGET DIRECTOR:
Harold D. Smith (1939-1946)
James E. Webb (1946-1949)
Frank Pace (1949-1950)
Frederick J. Lawton (1951-1953)
Joseph M. Dodge (1953-1954)

SECRETARY OF COMMERCE:
Henry A. Wallace (1945–1946)
W. Averell Harriman (1946–1948)
Charles  W. Sawyer (1948–1953)

Director of Central Intelligence:
Walter B. Smith (1950–1953)
Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter (1947–1950)
Hoyt S. Vandenberg (1946–1947)
Sidney W. Souers (1946)

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff:
Omar Bradley (1949-1953)
William D. Leahy (1942-1949)

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE:
James V. Forrestal (1947–1949)
Louis Johnson (1949–1950)
George C. Marshall (1950–1951)
Robert Lovett (1951–1953)

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:
Harold L. Ickes (1945–1946)
Julius A. Krug (1946–1949)
Oscar L. Chapman (1949–1953)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Francis B. Biddle (1945)
Thomas C. Clark (1945–1949)
J. Howard McGrath (1949–1952)
James P. McGranery (1952–1953)

SECRETARY OF LABOR:
Frances Perkins (1945)
Lewis B. Schwellenbach (1945–1948)
Maurice J. Tobin (1948–1953)

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY:
James V. Forrestal (1945–1947)

POSTMASTER GENERAL:
Frank C. Walker (1945)
Robert E. Hannegan (1945–1947)
Jesse M. Donaldson (1947–1953)

SECRETARY OF STATE:
Edward R. Stettinius Jr. (1945)
James F. Byrnes (1945–1947)
George C. Marshall (1947–1949)
Dean G. Acheson (1949–1953)

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (1945)
Frederick M. Vinson (1945–1946)
John W. Snyder (1946–1953)

United Nations Ambassador:
Warren Austin (1947-1953)
Edward Stettinius, Jr. (1945-1946)

ADMINISTRATOR OF VETERANS AFFAIRS:
Frank T. Hines (1923-1945)
Omar Bradley (1945–1948)
Carl R. Gray Jr. (1948–1953)

SECRETARY OF WAR:
Henry L. Stimson (1945)
Robert P. Patterson (1945–1947)
Kenneth C. Royall (1947)

CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE
Thomas B. McCabe (1948-1951)
William M. Martin, Jr. (1951-1970)

COUNSELORS/ ADVISORS:
Tom Pendergast
William D. Leahy
David E. Bell
Matt Connelly
Eddie Jacobson
Harry Vaughn
Clark Clifford

CONGRESS:

Speaker of the House:
Samuel T. Rayburn (1940-1947)
Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (1947-1949)
Samuel T. Rayburn ( 1949-1953, 1955-1961)

Senate Majority Leader:
Alben Barkley (1937-1947)
Wallace H. White, Jr. (1947-1949)
Scott W. Lucas (1949-1951)
Ernest W. McFarland (1951-1953)